original idea that Christmas ornaments were hung on the trees to mollify the goods and to ask for favour from them was swamped by the marketing industry; prior to the introduction of Christianity, Christmas ornaments primarily consisted of fruits, flowers and other colorful items hung on the tree.Familiar Christmas Ornaments

Germanic countries the Christmas tree has been decorated with ornaments for hundreds of years. practice was popularized in Britain by Prince Albert victoria ’s husband during the middle part of the nineteenth century. During the 19th century Christmas ornaments would consist of hand carved Christian icons,

such as angels. Before the introduction of the now ever present twinkling fairy lights, Christmas trees were decorated with a special and now rarely seen Christmas ornament baubles; just as fruits and biscuits have become chocolates and sugared candies.